Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-20


convenient for HIM To say SO. The
train soon started and we went
speeding towards ST. Charles | took
a look out at the bridge for the dyke,
but did not see any. but l suppose
there Is one there. Now, as t. Foth-
eringham, or Farthingham, which ever
it is, never saw him, that / know of,
and don't know whether he is gull
ty or not 1 can tell when | get
peep nj him I got off of the train
at 40, and went to my old friend
/ Jim's, about half mile north of depot;
he is All insurance agent; he is the
man that left his horseshoe a, my
house. | told him that would make
him fine present If the shoe brought
me luck, and | am going to keep my
promise if / ever get out of the pen
had To put chair against the door;
the lock was broken, the bed was on
the floor; / felt pretty secure from
detection there. Well, am little
too fast l took extra caution TO show
Conductor Church my diamond stud,
asking him if he would know me the
next time he saw me again. l also
took my cash check out Of my hat
and put it in my side pocket. calcula-
ting to keep it to show that I had
come to No that night, but ..e
made me pull it out, but knew the
date of it and can get It at the Aud
itor's office if it is needed. Well, l
left friend Jim's and went north
about 10 in the morning, and got the
bald-faced mare that / had sent to my
friend rs on Saturday before. l had
a talk with him and his wife, while
resting for breath after climbing the
hill. Fred, saw an old letter lying
On the floor, and l have q curiosity
to see everybody's fist so 1 took it up
and read some of it. 1t proved to be
a letter from one of Us sisters who
lives in southwest Missouri.
| We then saddled up and started
South, L. leaving me at the bridge
and he went to No, and l went
west to T. and had little chat with
some of my friends about the book ]
was getting up, they all want a copy
when 1 get it complete. I and J S.
then walked The D / then went
home and from there to G.
and sent the mare home by the
cosl-digger, went to hotel and done
some writing and from there went
down to my distant relatives in town
and stayed all night; the next morn
ing l went from there up in town tc
B's livery stable; set there, on duty
as thought, until you came and ask
ed where | lived, etc, and whether
carried S. & w. You shut one eye
and wos in deep study, but yot
soon concluded you wanted to see al
old acquaintance of mine named B--n
t | theu went to the bank and put
boodle in large envelope and mark
, it in care of my friend E. He tool
it and gave it to Boothe, cashier ot
t the Centralia bank) and ! saw hin
: deposit it in the bank-neither oi
t them knew what was in it, of course
[ that would not do I then wen
home and went TO work very well sat
] ished that I lad it ali down fine
3 then cut some wood and made frel
| for the woman and children. l hav,
t to work pretty hard for what little
t get nowadays. I felt better thai
D 1 had for IL months, although I neve
s was so hard up for money in my lif'
D before. Them 16 cattle are all gone
1 1 am afraid that Forshay is on t.
: that and that may be the reason tina
1 think I am shadowed; but Cook say
t he is d-n fool, and could not tel
{; anything if he knew it. But we hav
e killed old Allen and what he will d.
r without no money and me with S11,
e 900, ia ia no g. Well, Fred, on
0 fortune depends on how we'll you be
e have yourself. Do you reckon Ros
6 knows anything about this, bless he
J. soul! If was not afraid she woul
= tumble l would give her one of ther
a thousand dollar bills, but l guess W
It had better keep them a little scare
t. for few days. Fred, do you recko
II that any one is on to this racket! Blu
1t now, Kinney, 1 don't know but
d think / have seen him. Well, no tn
d best you can; I will just register thi
o and send it right up to your boardin
o house, I reckon you are there yet;
10 have to risk it anyway. 1 am litt
r afraid that the clerk at the Republ
g can Office won't stick; have mol
1t vet, Fred, but I can't think Of ever,
% thing; them seven years are lool
d ing me in the face so hard; oh /! don
N you reckon that Adams Express wi
le help them some for the namesake.
e. Good bye, Fred, I hope you vi
r, do me right; I have no money
at hunt you up with. Give my love
/ Rose. If you get the Doodle al
er coming down to see Rose, Ros
u Rose. W. w. HAIaHT.
,g q reckon you understand.)
id THOMPSON, Mo-, Jan. 12.-DEA
II. SIR: Well, Fred, / have been thin
m ing of Fotheringham since 1 starte